sustains
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But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
The environmental case for kelp is part of what sustains her.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
“When support is extended across the income distribution, it sustains demand that firms can then use to pass on higher costs—forcing monetary policy to tighten more than it otherwise would,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Every profile and attempt to “explain” him risks becoming part of the very feedback loop that sustains him.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
But this fact sustains me only in the way that, say, the prospect of heaven cheers a terminally ill person: it’s nice to know, but it isn’t much help from moment to moment.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
